Oct 9, 2015

Right Wing News reports that there have been record gun sales this month as Obama calls for executive action:

Following the tragic school shooting in Oregon, Obama has made calls for executive action on gun control. The result? Record firearms sales during the month of September.

The FBI has processed a record number of background checks so far this month.

The Free Beacon reported:

The FBI’s National Instant Background Check System processed 1,795,102 applications to buy a firearm in September. That represents a new record: 335,739 more checks than the previous September high set in 2012, or a 23 percent increase.

The number of checks done in a particular month is considered a reliable gauge of how many gun sales have occurred since background checks are required on all sales made through licensed firearms dealers. The actual number of sales is likely higher since multiple firearms can be sold to the same person by a dealer under a single background check. The numbers also do not account for sales between private parties that do not require a background check.

September is the fifth month in a row to set a record for background checks. May, June, July, and August all produced record numbers. The summer of 2015 has seen the most gun sales on record.

The summer has also seen an increase in calls from some Democratic presidential candidates, including frontrunner Hillary Clinton, for new gun control laws. Clinton has said she would use executive orders to implement certain forms of gun control.

It’s easy to assume that the left’s effort to push gun control — and Obama’s executive action announcement — are what’s behind the spike in gun sales.

“If [liberals] really want less guns in private hands they should consider what happens every time they open their mouths,” said Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation.